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Ford Fusion Power Train Safety Report | Sept 29, 2013
Reported on Sept 29, 2013
| THIS VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 50 MPH. THE ADVANCED TRAC LIGHT CAME ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, SAYING TO SERVICE THE ADVANCE TRAC IS NEEDED, WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED HARSHLY AN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AN WOULD NOT GO OFF EVEN AFTER CUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF AN RESTARTING THE VEHICLE AN WOULD NOT ACCELERATE HIGHER THAN 20 MPH IN TRAFFIC ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON. I HAD TO CONTINUE THIS PROCEDURE THE ENTIRE COMMUTE TO MY WORK PLACE WHICH WAS A 50 MILE COMMUTE ONE WAY. I PARKED THE VEHICLE FOR 16 HOURS TO HOPEFULLY RESET THE SYSTEM. I CAME OUT TO GET IN MY VEHICLE TO HOPEFULLY GO HOME AN THE SAME ACTIONS STARTED AGAIN ON THE HIGHWAY. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AN DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT ON THE ENTIRE TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY WOULD NEED TO KEEP THE VEHICLE TO ANALYZE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AN HAD TO TAKE THE TRANSMISSION PAN DOWN TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS EXACTLY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE WAS DONE THE NEXT MORNING AN I FOUND OUT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS SHAVED WITH IN THE TRANSMISSION AN THE PART WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY OR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. THE COST WAS GOING TO BE AT LEAST 500 DOLLARS TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE. I KNOW THAT OTHER FORD FUSION OWNERS MUST HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM AS I HAVE ON THESE VEHICLES AN ALSO I HAD THE THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM ALSO ON THIS SAME VEHICLE WHICH COST ME 600 DOLLARS TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM ALSO IN APRIL OF 2012. THIS WAS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE SINCE I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE NOW SINCE IF I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD AN RESTART THE VEHICLE WITH THE REPEATED PROBLEM. *TR | |
| Make: | Ford |
| Model: | Fusion |
| Manufactured by: | Ford Motor Company |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | CAMBRIDGE MD |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 3FAHP0JG1AR |
| Mileage: | 99710 miles. |
| Speed: | 50 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | BIFUEL |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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